GB168215A - Improved means for jointing structural elements in aircraft - Google Patents

Abstract

168,215. Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., and Fairey, C. R. July 6, 1920. Wire and rod couplings and joints.-Structural elements of aircraft are jointed by a sleeve turned out of the solid and having two or more radially extending circumferential flanges at or near the centre of its length. The sleeve may be of steel or other suitable material and has tapering ends c and flanges b. A plugged tubular steel element d may be secured by a steel pin e, and lugs g, g, carrying a wooden element h, which is reinforced by a pair of fish-plates j, j, may be attached to a plug f and secured in like manner. A tubular element k may be fixed by a plug m and a bolt o, which may also have lugs p for the attachment of wire strainers. Eye bolts u may also be provided to carry strainers and tubular members &c., which are not in the plane of the flanges. Tubular members y, whose axes do not pass through the sleeve, may be attached by forked ends z. A pair of plates 10, 10, may engage the looped end 13 of a strainer or the like. Where a rigid joint with the sleeve is required, either a double eye on the part to be connected may be bolted between the flanges b, or bracket plates may be provided. Engine bearers 20 may be passed through the forked ends g of the plug f and secured by a bracket 21.